Rise & Shine: Bronx students dancing in D.C. for St. Pat’s Day | GothamSchools
Rise & Shine: Bronx students dancing in D.C. for St. Pat’s Day | GothamSchools
- City officials stand by the schools’ new bake sale rules, which many parents are opposing. (Times)
- The city’s new “Trayless Tuesdays” program to cut down on cafeteria waste kicked off yesterday. (NY1)
- The Post criticizes Trayless Tuesdays as a distraction from the business of teaching and learning.
- Students from PS 59 in the Bronx are dancing at the White Houses St. Patrick’s Day celebration. (Post)
- The new principal of Khalil Gibran Academy is Arab-American. (GothamSchools, Post, Daily News)
- The Daily News says Khalil Gibran’s first principal wasn’t discriminated against but was a bad leader.
- The Obama administration’s next job is to convince skeptics about its education plans. (Times)
- Education policy could be a source of bipartisan consensus after the divisive health care debate. (Time)
- Former education secretary Margaret Spellings agrees that NCLB is ready for a revamp. (NPR)
- Chicago’s schools chief is banning teachers union campaigning at city schools. (Chicago Tribune)
- Teachers and officials in Chicago are sparring over how bad budget cuts will be. (Chicago Sun-Times)